How is it that the glory of Jesus is recognised in the Church today? As Peter was speaking out of his ignorance about making shelters for Moses, Elijah and Jesus, the voice of God the Father interrupts him saying \u201cThis is my Son, my Chosen One, listen to him\u201d\u009d. The same is true today. We must listen to him. But we can be much more interested in our ideas than God\u2019s Word. We must listen to the voice of Jesus as it comes to us through the whole of the Scriptures, but the recent decisions of the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) and the Episcopal Church of the United States (TEC) to amend their marriage canons to accommodate so called \u201d\u02dcgay marriage\u2019 remind us that parts of the Church are becoming increasingly bold in speaking what they have learned from listening to the world rather than listening to the Scriptures and the witness of the Church through two millennia.<\/p>\n
The problem TEC in particular continues to pose for the rest of the Communion was highlighted by another but less reported resolution from its 2015 General Convention, A051, \u201d\u02dcSupport LGBT African Advocacy\u2019 which mandates that Church to spread its ideas to Africa. In the light of this resolution it is increasingly difficult to see what purpose the dialogue of Continuing Indaba and associated projects such as Bishop Graham Kings\u2019 \u201d\u02dcMission Theology in the Anglican Communion\u2019 project can serve except as a means, even if unintentional, by which TEC can promote further confusion and division around the Communion.<\/p>\n